DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Trump revises vision for U.S. involvement in Afghanistan but doesn't provide details; Gawker lawsuit precedent concerns media and entertainment companies; Liu Xia appears in a rare video on Youtube,… More
The PEN Ten with Matthew Zapruder
It’s better to bring such things we might be inclined to censor out into the light and let their ugliness be revealed and argued against. The alternative seems fraught… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Counter-protesters drown out so-called 'free speech rally' in Boston, Trump skips Kennedy Center honors following boycott of reception by honorees, and thousands march in Hong Kong in support of… More
from The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky
I’d figured that she was around my age, but it turned out that she was 12 years older, and married, too. In other words...I was having an affair. More
After Charlottesville
Claire Messud, Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, Rion Amilcar Scott, and Robert Pinsky reflect on the hatred boiling over in our country. More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Trump continues to decry removal of Confederate statues as James Murdoch condemns his comments on the violence in Charlottesville; ABC's 'pink slime' defamation suit settled last week; Hong Kong's… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Trump increasingly isolated following expression of support for white nationalists in Charlottesville; tech companies shift how they address hate speech and violence; three of Hong Kong's umbrella movement protesters… More
from Felix Austria
In the morning they discovered that a lock of hair from the severed head of John the Baptist vanished without a trace, as did the relics of St. Munditia… More
“Little White House,” “Baby Deer,” and “Summer 2000”
There's a place on my jogging route that always makes me cringe. That little white house on the corner. We parked there on election day. More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
The President of the United States expresses support for white supremacists and Nazis. -PEN America More
